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No, Intention is Not Enough

Intention Is Not Enough: Why Real Magic Requires Real Work In recent years, magical practice has far too often been reduced to a single phrase repeated so often that it's begun to lose its meaning: “Just set your intention.” This idea is a more modern take on things and it comes from two places primarily; the New Thought and Mentalism…
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How to Attract Money with a Lodestone

Attracting Money with a Lodestone
What is a Lodestone? Lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite. This magnetism gives it the ability to attract iron. While magnetite itself is fairly common, not all magnetite is a lodestone. Believe it or not, lodestones are relatively rare as they are theorized to be the result of lightning strikes in or around the area in…
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How to Use Rose of Jericho for Prosperity

Rose of Jericho
  What is Rose of Jericho? Rose of Jericho is a desert plant that dries up and goes into a dormant state when it is not in direct contact with water. When it is in this dormant state, it looks like a small brown, dried up tumbleweed. However, when you place it in water again, it will start to unfurl,…
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Lemon Spell to Stop Gossip – Video

Video Transcript Have you ever had someone in your life who continually interferes and just cannot seem to keep your name out of their mouth? They just love to interject themselves into every part of your life. Sometimes it's just a little bit of gossip here or there, but other times it's them stepping up to speak for you when...
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Lost to Time: The Promise Box and Bible Tickets

What are Bible Tickets
  In the early 1900's, churches across the American South observed a variety of folk devotional practices. Some of these practices gained wild popularity. One of those which did just that is the practice of pulling little slips of paper with Bible verses written on them from a box in order to get divine advice, inspiration or just as a…
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Gaining Land and Protecting a Home with Railroad Spikes

Railroad Spikes
Acquiring a Piece of Land Using Railroad Spikes   In Southern Folk Magic we tend to use railroad spikes for lots of different reasons. You can use them to protect your home, control or dominate your enemies, and drive away spirits. These are all fairly common uses for railroad spikes. One of the less-discussed uses for them, though is that…
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Saint Expedite: The Patron Saint of Urgent Causes

Saint Expedite
Who is Saint Expedite? Saint Expedite is a saint that is massively popular amongst those who need a fast solution to a situation they're facing. He's often depicted as a Roman soldier holding a cross inscribed with the word HODIE (Latin for "today"), and is stepping on a crow that has a banner in it's mouth that reads CRAS (Latin…
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